Seat-fastener.



\L. H. HUBBARD. SEAT FAS'PBNER. APPLICATION TILED JUNE 14, 1-910.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

truer SEAT-FASTENER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1 '7, 1912.

Application filed .Tune 14, 1910. Serial No. 566,769.-

To all 207mm it may concern:

Be it known that I Lnssln H. HUBBARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, in county of Sampson and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.-

.lvi'y invention relates to an improvement in s at fasteners, and the object is to provide means for fastening a seat to the floor.

The invention is intended more particularl for fastening seats such as opera chairs,

church pews and the like to the floor, where by they can be moved to a reclining position when it is desired to sweep or clean beneath the seats. Most chairs of this character areheavy and are usually screwed direct to the .tloor and made immovable, but by the. up plication of my device, these seats can be moved to reclining position, so that the doors can be properly cleaned beneath the seats or cha" g The inve iion consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations or". parts'which will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my invention applied to one end of a pew, andshowlng the pew in a reclining position; F 1g. 2 1s a View in QlQWIlTlO/ll showing the inventionapplied to the upright 01 a. pew; Fig. 3 1s a sectional view through the bolt and segmental guide plate and Fig. at is a sectional view through. one of the standards and guide stud.

it represents the seat, which in this instance is a church pew, and consists of an upright 1, to which is connected the back 2 and the seat 3. The lower end of the up right .1 is adapted to, be received upon the il'l ountcd upon the inner side of the it. and beneath the seat 3, is a curved I l plate 5:, which is provided with The rear side of the plate 5 it, as at 7, alongthc slot ('3, and re- .n the rabb'et formation is the head 8 bolt 9. The bolt 9 projects through the slot, and received thereon is a nut 10,

whereby thobolt can be held. at any position tln'oughout the length of the slot. A standard 11 is mounted uponthe floor at each end of the pew, and is provided with flanges 12,

through which screws 13 pass for fastening the standard to the floor. A screw-threaded opening t l is iormed in the upper end 0i.

i the standard,

-mg the seat in a reclining in which is received a screwthreaded stud ceived in the slot 6. The stud 15 holds the seat or pew in position upon the floor, and when thepew or seat is moved to a reclining position, the stud will travel in the slot 6 until it comes in contact with the nut on the bolt 9, when it will hold the seat or-pcw in its reclining position, which inclination is governed by the adjustment of the bolt through the slot 6. I

From the foregoing, it will be seen that by means of'the stud l5, theseat will be held in an upright .positionor a reclining position. When the seat is moved to a reclining position, it is rocked on the rounded ends 41, causing the studs to travel along the slots 6 until they come in contact with the nuts 10, when the seat will be held in a reclining position. When it is desired to remove the seat, the studs can he unscrewed sufficiently to draw the screws into the standards 11 to withdraw the stud from the slot 6.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by which is adapted to be rea seat having uprights, of curved slotted plates mounted upon the uprights, standards, studs on the standards adapted to be received in the slots of the plates, and means adjustably held in the slots of the plates adapted to becngaged by the studs for bold iug the seat only in a reclining position.

3. In a seat fastener, the combination with a seat l'iaving uprights, of curved slotted plates mounted on the uprights, standards, removable studs supported by the standards adapted to be received in the slots of the plates for holding the uprights upon the floor, and bolts connected to the plates ad justable through the slots of the plates, adapted to be engaged by the studs for-"holdposition.

' 4-. In a seat fastener, the combination with a seat having upright-s upon which the seat is supported andtilted, of curved slotted plates mounted on the uprights, standards extending parallel with and independent of the uprights, and studs connected to and projecting through the standards, the protruding ends of the studs received in the slots of the plates for supporting the seat only in :1 reclining position, and retaining it in position when on the floor against lateral movement.

5. In a seat tastenen the comoination with a seat having uprights upon which. the seat is supported and tilted, of curved slotted plates, means connecting the plates to the uprights, standards extending parallel with and independent of the uprights, and studs connected to the standards and extending into the slots of the plates for supporting the seat only when in a reclining position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

LESSIE n. HUBBARD.

Witnesses LEE Hones, ALBERT I'lARGROVE. 

